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Cybercrime
The notorious Hive successor ceases ransomware operations but pivots to pure data extortion under the new World Leaks brand.
Cybercrime
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware...
Incident Response
Ransomware is a major threat to the enterprise. Tools and training help, but survival depends on one thing: your organization’s muscle memory to respond...
Data Breaches
A ransomware group has claimed the theft of millions of files from procurement service provider Chain IQ and 19 other companies.
Cybercrime
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week published an alert to provide additional information on the RagnarLocker ransomware, along with indicators of compromise...
Cybercrime
A hacker who claims to be Ukrainian has leaked the source code of the notorious Conti ransomware after the cybercrime gang expressed its support...
Application Security
Cybersecurity researchers tracking destructive data-wiping malware attacks in Ukraine are finding signs of new malware with worm-spreading capabilities and what appears to be a...
Endpoint Security
Ransomware is very difficult to stop, mostly because the attackers are adept at locking up a network long before anybody in an organization even...
Cybercrime
Hundreds of files storing tens of thousands of messages exchanged between Conti ransomware operators have been leaked online after the cybercrime group expressed support...
Cyberwarfare
Ransomware was used as a decoy in some of the recent data-wiping cyberattacks against organizations in Ukraine, Symantec reports.
Cybercrime
Storage solutions provider Asustor this week issued a warning to alert users of Deadbolt ransomware attacks targeting its network-attached storage (NAS) appliances.
Application Security
A group of academic researchers has found a way to exploit a security flaw in the encryption algorithm used by the Hive ransomware to...
Cybercrime
Experts at threat intelligence and ransomware disruption company AdvIntel believe the notorious TrickBot malware has reached its limits, but its development team appears to...
Cybercrime
We’re barely into 2022, and already we’re seeing ransomware proliferate. What we saw last year is that while most attacks continue to exploit known...
Cybercrime
There was a significant increase in ransomware-related data leaks and interactive intrusions in 2021, according to the 2022 Global Threat Report released on Tuesday...
Cybercrime
Ransomware attacks have increased in volume, sophistication and ransom demanded consistently over the last few years. According to published records, the education and retail...
Cybercrime
A ransomware group has taken credit for the recent attack targeting aviation services company Swissport, and the cybercriminals claim to have stolen more than...
Cybercrime
The BlackByte ransomware has been used in attacks on at least three critical infrastructure sectors in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Cyber Insurance
The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data.
Application Security
Calamu, an early-stage cybersecurity startup building technology to help businesses recover from ransomware infections, has raised $16.5 million in venture capital funding.
Cybercrime
US, UK and Australia Warn of Increase in Sophisticated Ransomware AttacksAn increase in attack sophistication is proof of the growing threat that ransomware poses...
Cybercrime
A Temple University research project that tracks ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure has documented more than 1,100 incidents to date.
Application Security
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